Re: [h-cost] renaissance school projekt for the museum.

Hi Bjarne Do you need a model to wear the gown, I volunteer ;-p , I live in Farum. Tania --- On Mon, 5/16/11, Leif og Bjarne Drews drews...@post12.tele.dk wrote: From: Leif og Bjarne Drews drews...@post12.tele.dk Subject: [h-cost] renaissance school projekt for the museum. To: Historical

Re: [h-cost] 1/2 Size and 1/4 Size Dressmaker's Dummy

I know that Dikana has them. Unfortunately her website is down, but here is her contact info. She makes them herself and she also does costum size dressforms. Very good quality. Satisfied costumer, although I do not have the 1/4 size dummy Dikana ApS Ravnebjergvej 8 3200 Helsinge Denmark Tlf.

Re: [h-cost] What costume-related holiday gifts did you get?

My sisters gave me Draping for appearal design by Helen Joseph-Armstrong. So far it looks good. Tania --- On Sat, 12/25/10, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com wrote: From: Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com Subject: [h-cost] What costume-related holiday gifts did you get? To: Historical

Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

My dressform is wearing a half finished Lady Grey coat from Colette patterns. Tania ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Victorian needlework tecchnology?

I know the hoop existed in the 17 hundreds, since it was used for tambour work. According to 18'th Centry Embroidery techniques. Tambour was put in a hoop. Embroidery was usually on a frame. The book does not mention hoops in connection with other techniques other than tambour work. Tania ---

[h-cost] Creeping underskirt

Hiya all. I hope you can all help me with a practical question. I have made 2 skirts from this pattern http://www.marquise.de/en/1900/schnitte/s1908_6.gif. it was easy and the result rather nice. 1 in red wool in a medium weight and the other in cotton broadcloth as an underskirt. My problem

[h-cost] correction

If it means anything then it was this pattern for a 5 part skirt that I used. http://www.marquise.de/en/1900/schnitte/s1908_8.gif not the 3 part in the previous post. Tania ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

Silk paper, baste your fabric to silk paper or the paper florist use to put around flowers, that should prevent the creep and should be easy to get off again Tania --- On Sat, 5/9/09, Land of Oz lando...@netins.net wrote: From: Land of Oz lando...@netins.net Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help!

Re: [h-cost] The Danish books with patterns

If anyone need translations, I would be more than happy to help. Don't have the books, so you would have to scan and send me the relevant pages Tania --- On Fri, 12/19/08, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com wrote: From: Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com Subject: [h-cost] The Danish books

Re: [h-cost] Help with OT Costume

How about a kimono with hakama? Looks good on basically any bodyshape and fairly easy to sew Tania --- On Thu, 9/11/08, Stephen Bergdahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Stephen Bergdahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Help with OT Costume To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

Re: [h-cost] Director-designer professional standards

I would guess not, since the top of womens costume seems to be a shirt with a 1/4 bra thing, that pamela anderson is fond of, so that would definitely not go well with the parents and the local vicars ;-) Tania Margo Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 14, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Paula Praxis

Re: [h-cost] danish renaissance costumes

Dear Bjarne If you need a live model to put the dress on, I volounteer ;-) Tania (Denmark) Leif og Bjarne Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Thankyou all for the nice welcome back to the list. You are all very kind. I feel that here on this list, i have manny renaissance experts so

Re: [h-cost] Embroidery

the chinese uses an arrangement of 3 seed stitches to secure the start and the end of the embroidery thread. In good chinese embroidery there should not be a single knot unless it is pekingeese. Tania [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone who can embroider ultimately has my respect. It is amazing

Re: [h-cost] Bragging

No I did not, I will have to check out their site to view some of them in person. There is one tablecloth that gives me grandiouse ideas about a bedspread, would probably take me 20-30 years to make. will post a scan of the tablecloth with the project description and materials needed. I have

Re: [h-cost] OT: Keeping hair in bun

The best trick i have is to section your hair. first make a part in the hair from ear to ear, and take the back hair and make a bun. the front hair you divide in 2 at where you want a part, then take each section and wind it around the bun and pin well. It holds for me, and I got super smooth

Re: [h-cost] Getting markings out of clothes

Thanks for the advice. Will try and wash it first, then I'll see what happens. Hopes it goes out. Tania __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[h-cost] Getting markings out of clothes

Hiya all. I am in the process of making a shirt (not historical), that has been on hold for several years. When I started on the shirt, I used a wheel and tracing paper to get the pattern over to the fabric. It is white 100% linen. How can i get the marks out? it has been ironed a lot of

RE: [h-cost] danish costume museum online

According to the site, this is a morning toilette ensemble. For recieving visitors while getting dressed and having hair done. Tania Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:16 23/10/2007, you wrote: IIRC, it is the one that Janet Arnold talks about in the volume of Patterns of Fashion that

Re: [h-cost] Horse Hair Canvas

You can probably get horsehair felt at a reupholstry store. They use is for making those nice comfy chairs and sofa's before they used foam. I know a couple of stores here in Denmark that sells horsehair canvas, but that is probably not an option for you Tania Beteena Paradise [EMAIL

Re: [h-cost] Ruffs in modern use

Hah, they use them at every service here in denmark. Tania Cin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm reading this weeks Economist 22 Sept 07 International section, and found a picture of a clergyman (woman?) hard to tell s/he has a very soft face) in low ruff. The text says this might be a lutheran

[h-cost] Linen Shirt

My mother always told me to sprinkle linen with water, put it in a plastic bag for an hour or overnight and iron. That way the linen gets really damp. Steam iron doesn't seem to do it for me. Tania - Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights

Re: Subject: [h-cost] continuous steel boning

You could try Handlers fabric in Denmark, the store caters to the teatrical crowd and has boning, busks and coutil. Fairly expensive, but then the danish sales tax is 25%. http://handlertex.demoshop.dandomain.dk/shop/ You'll find the bones under corsage and lingeri in the sidebar menu under

Re: [h-cost] peau d'ange

If you want to read a new telling of that story, then you should read Robin McKinleys Deerskin, incredibly haunting and beautifully told. It does contain a scene with description of some courtclothes, that was rather nice, just to keep it on the costume content. Tania Ruth Anne Baumgartner

Re: [h-cost] Pattern ease

I don't know wether you have this nice little tool in the us, here it is called a sømometer, It is a piece of aluminum with a number of measures on them. Ours is in the metric, so you can measure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and up to 8 cm with this nice littel tool. Here is a link to a pic

[h-cost] Thanks (finding online archive)

of mosquitoes next summer) Susan B. Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Tania Gruning wrote: Hiya all. I have tried to search the archive, but have been unable to locate this resource. It is a online archive with out of print and antique books scanned in, that you can

[h-cost] Help finding online resource

Hiya all. I have tried to search the archive, but have been unable to locate this resource. It is a online archive with out of print and antique books scanned in, that you can download in txt or pdf. The books are all on womens concerns: Sewing, embroidery, householdmanagement, childcare and

[h-cost] fibers for paper

Those laws might also have somthing to do with paper production. Seem to remember a law, somewhere, probably england or denmark, where people were forbidden to be buried in linen and cotton. Wool cannot be used for paper and it would be a waste to put linen in with wool when the time came to

Re: [h-cost] kammerdug/linnen

Bjarne. Why don't you talk to the nice woman who used to run Broderi Antik in Copenhagen. She had the most amazing kammerdug of which I had a meter. Still do. Afraid ot even look at it. She might be able to help you. Her email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tania Kimiko Small [EMAIL

Re: [h-cost] kammerdug/linnen

be the one i wans thinking about, i just asked her by mail about where she got it, or if she have more of it left. What a shame she closed the shop. Thanks Bjarne - Original Message - From: Tania Gruning To: Historical Costume Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [h

[h-cost] Leather punch for Bjarne

Bjarne, try and take a look at the leather store in Copenhagen, Læderhuset, it is in Skindergade You can also check it out on http://www.skindhuset.dk/ Tania - Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

[h-cost] Dressform

Hiya all. Just wanted to show off my new dressform. It can be seen at my livejournal http://tania-gru.livejournal.com Hope this shows up all right. Tania - Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls.

Re: [h-cost] Dressform

Hiya all. Hope I have it fixed now. May add some more pics later. Tania Sylvia Rognstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No pictures. On Jun 16, 2006, at 11:16 PM, Tania Gruning wrote: Hiya all. Just wanted to show off my new dressform. It can be seen at my livejournal http

Re: [h-cost] Dressform

it to yourself? On Jun 17, 2006, at 9:28 AM, Tania Gruning wrote: Hiya all. Hope I have it fixed now. May add some more pics later. Tania Sylvia Rognstad wrote: No pictures. On Jun 16, 2006, at 11:16 PM, Tania Gruning wrote: Hiya all. Just wanted to show off my new dressform. It can be seen

Re: [h-cost] Survey questions

Hi Becky. The problem was not asking the questions. The problem was that you did not start off by explaining what the questions are for and an explanation of how they would be used. Unrelated messages on this list are usually an offspring of a costume discussion. I dont think Ann had any

[h-cost] Peeved

The last decent embroidery store in copenhagen is closing. 16'th of may is last day for the Broderi Antik, now where am i going to find stuff for embroidery other than the internet. Dang Tania - New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call

Re: [h-cost] Re. leather and stays

I would not use those for binding corsets. I do bookbinding as a hobby and those skins are vegetable tanned and very stiff and non stretchy as that is the qualities useful in bookbinding. I believe washing skins are alumtanned or something like that. At least they are much softer and pliable

Re: [h-cost] curtains

Nope. My curtains are a 100% cotton brocade with a period 16'th century design. Once I get tired of them, they are going to get dyed and made into a Tudor dress. Tania Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I the only one who goes shopping for new curtains thinking, And when I get tired of

Re: [h-cost] Regency Help - THANKS!

Bjarne Who do you buy silk and gold embroidery stuff from in Denmark apart from Broderi Antik? Another question. I am looking for the english word for kopper the small gold button things used in gold embroidery, been looking at all my sources but so far no luck. It is the ones where you

Re: [h-cost] Re: arsenic

That is actually an old horsecopers trick. You give the horse a small amount of arsenic everyday untill you are ready to sell it. The ´horse will react to the arsenic by getting fat and the skin will get glossy, once the horse is sold the horse will lose weight and the arsenic stored in the

Re: [h-cost] Dress Form Class: was williamsburg suit

here with a video... Sg Tania Gruning wrote: Hi Bjarne. My sewing teacher Kia is doing a dressform course in june. It is quite expensive though, but the form will be an exact copy of yourself. The course itself is around 3000 kr and the materials are around 5-700. My mother has one

Re: [h-cost] williamsburg suit

Hi Bjarne. My sewing teacher Kia is doing a dressform course in june. It is quite expensive though, but the form will be an exact copy of yourself. The course itself is around 3000 kr and the materials are around 5-700. My mother has one and it is wonderful. Tania Bjarne og Leif Drews

Re: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories

Hiya all. I am wondering if anyone know of any danish noble/royal inventories that are intact? We have had some major royal castle burnings, but could be they were stored elsewhere. I am especially looking for the 16'th century. Tania

RE: [h-cost] att. Bjarne

Hiya. A meter is a little bit more than a yard. 6 danish kr is about a dollar at the moment. So a bit more than a yard of this material is about 50 dollars ;-). Very expensive I know, but fabrics are expensive in Denmark since we have a 25% sales tax. Tania otsisto [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[h-cost] att. Bjarne

Hi Bjarne. I have just discovered a source for kammerdug very fine linen. I don't know if it is of the right quality, but seems to. I have boiled it and it has kept the crisp hand. You can get it at Broderi Antik for 399 dkr a meter. it is about 140 cm wide. Hope you can use

Re: [h-cost] a holiday idea

I would like to be part too. Tania Susan B. Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, yeah. Put me down, too. Susan - Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/

Re: [h-cost] Tales from the Green Valley

Which channel airs it? if it is bbc I might be able to see it over the internet, would be nice. Tania Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:16 22/08/2005, you wrote: Did any UK list members see the first episode of this new series? It's what we've all been longing for; a historical

Re: [h-cost] Getting wrinkles out of dyed wool

I am not sure this will work with wool, it does with linen. Mist the fabric generously with clean water and put in a plastic bag for a couple of hours, then iron. The stay in the plastic will ensure that everything is damp. Tania Diana Habra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: Does anybody know